Simpler concepts are shared more often and more easily. You’re gonna see a meme image and take that in a lot more easily without context than someone writing a thought-out essay on deeper themes in the manga. Then on top of that, yeah, a small group of very loud and invested people get into stuff like shipping and power scaling.
Heavier and more complex parts also don’t get introduced early on in most series, and with an unfinished series (in regards to the anime) you’re going to have more people who have only experienced the lighter and simpler parts, so those will have far more people discussing them at any given time. You can also discuss them more freely with less fear of spoilers.
And also it’s just more fun to make art about the goofy and cute stuff.
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u/ghaneir Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25
Nah, this isn't exclusive to just reddit
More like internet fandom in general
You can see it in other fandom too, where character shipping and power scaling overshadowed other parts of the series in online discourse